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| Michael Sippey / Twitter Developers blogs: |
Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API — At the end of June, I wrote about how we're working to deliver a consistent Twitter experience, and how we would soon introduce stricter guidelines about how the Twitter API is used. I'd like to give you more information about coming changes …
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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Interpreting some of Twitter's API changes — Twitter has posted some of their upcoming API-policy lockdowns and restrictions in this post from Michael Sippey, euphemistically titled “Changes coming in Version 1.1 of the Twitter API”. — First, from Twitter's Display Guidelines, which will become requirements for all apps:
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Lenovo's Says RT Tablets Up To $300 Cheaper Than Win 8 — Lenovo Group Ltd. (992), the world's second-biggest maker of personal computers, said new devices based on Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows RT software will cost $200 to $300 less than competing products using Windows 8 software.
| Matt Hamblen / Computerworld: |
| Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's TV Vision: Sharing, Full On-Demand, Icons — TV Device Interface Would Simplify Programming; Company Faces Hurdles With Cable Operators — Apple Inc.'s vision for a new device that can be used as a set-top box includes features designed to simplify accessing and viewing programming …
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See also Mediagazer| pod2g / pod2g's iOS blog: |
Never trust SMS: iOS text spoofing — I mentioned it on twitter a few days ago, I found a flaw in iOS that I consider to be severe, while it does not involve code execution. I am pretty confident that other security researchers already know about this hole, and I fear some pirates as well.
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| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
The Facebook distribution dilemma — Facebook is unlocked. So who held, and who sold? — FORTUNE — Approximately 271 million shares of Facebook (FB) stock was “unlocked” yesterday, under a provision that had prevented certain investors from selling shares until 90 days after the company went public.| Seth Fiegerman / Business Insider: |
Zuckerberg Admits Facebook's Plummeting Stock Is ‘Painful’ To Watch During A Company-Wide Meeting — Facebook is finally acknowledging that its employees may be just a little bit concerned about the company's plummeting stock. — According to The Wall Street Journal …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
RIM settles on BlackBerry 10 screen resolutions: 1280 x 720 and 720 x 720 — BlackBerry 10 is still months and months away, but the first devices are nearly finished and the time to build apps is now — and to that end, RIM has just informed developers that the new operating system will target two screen resolutions.| Jessica Roy / Betabeat: |
I Have 50 Dollars, ‘A Real-Time Social Feed for People Who Have $50,’ Hilariously Satirizes App.net — Much has been written about Valley celeb Dalton Caldwell and his rather notorious new social network, App.net. The Twitter-like site charges $50 to join, in an effort to weed out spammers …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Private justice: How Hollywood money put a Brit behind bars — Anton Vickerman, 38-year old owner of the once popular link site surfthechannel.com (STC), was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday by a British judge. But the prosecutors sitting across the courtroom from him didn't work for the Crown … | Artem Russakovskii / Android Police: |
Google Flips The Switch On Smart App Updates In The Play Store [Video] — There seems to be quite a lot of movement happening behind the scenes at the Play Store - yesterday we discovered that Google Play Store gift cards and wishlist are getting prepped for launch, and today Google seems … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Microsoft resumes publishing Windows Phone apps, all is right with the world — Everybody, you can stop panicking. Microsoft has solved the digital signing problem that prevented app installations on older Windows Phones, as promised, and the flow of new apps is back to a steady stream.
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| stevejobsspirit: |
Thoughts on Jack Dorsey, by Steve Jobs — I have no problem with your success. You've earned your success; for the most part. The problem is, you wholesale ripped off my identity. Grand theft. I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. You are not just trying to be the next me, you are trying to be me.
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| Katherine Rushton / Telegraph: |
Amazon to deliver parcels to UK cornershops — Amazon steps up battle with the high street by delivering parcels to nearly 5,000 corner shops and newsagents around the country. — Amazon is to deliver parcels to nearly 5,000 cornershops and newsagents around the UK
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| Claire Atkinson / New York Post: |
Videogame maker EA attracting PE interest — This game is just getting started. — Electronic Arts — the force behind such popular video games as “SimCity” and “Madden NFL” — is quietly exploring a sale, The Post has learned. — While the discussions are at an early stage … | Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Yahoo Conducting a Search for a COO as No. 2 to Mayer — According to several sources, Yahoo is now on the hunt for a COO — with special emphasis on someone with turnaround experience — presumably to be a worker-bee No. 2 to product-guru CEO Marissa Mayer.
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